Whiston, Staffordshire Moorlands

Whiston
Whiston
Whiston shown within Staffordshire
District	Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST10
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Staffordshire 53°01′19″N 1°56′42″W / 53.022°N 01.945°W / 53.022; -01.945Coordinates: 53°01′19″N 1°56′42″W / 53.022°N 01.945°W / 53.022; -01.945

Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall.

In 1769 the fifth Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, opened a new Lead and Copper smelting works, supplementing his mining works at nearby Ecton.

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